The Phillies have signed eight players to minor league contracts with invitations to major league spring training as non-roster players, the club announced today. Scott Elarton, RHP – Elarton last pitched professionally in 2010, appearing in 16 games for Tripl

Related "Scott Elarton" Articles

The Phillies have signed eight players to minor league contracts with invitations to major league spring training as non-roster players, the club announced today. Scott Elarton, RHP – Elarton last pitched professionally in 2010, appearing in 16 games for Tripl

The Phillies continue to stockpile potential spare parts for the upcoming season. The latest is right-handed pitcher Joel Pineiro, signed to a minor league contract according to reports on ESPN.com and the philly.com. The 33-year-old will also receive an invit

Nate Bump and Rich Thompson didn't spend a lot of time on the open market this winter. Thompson, a fan favorite at Coca-Cola Park, re-upped for a fifth season with the Phillies organization on Dec. 13, not long after the minor league free agency session began.

A few observations from the first week of Phillies camp ... * I was told during the winter that Scott Podsednik as committed to reporting to the IronPigs if he didn't make the Phillies major-league roster. The way he's playing, he'll be in a Phillies uniform.

We’re getting down to the nitty-gritty, and Tuesday morning started off with a few more roster moves. The Phillies re-assigned RHP Scott Elarton and RHP Brian Sanches to minor league camp, and they optioned LHP Jake Diekman to the minors ... .

Lots of people on Twitter and Facebook are voicing their concerns about Chase Utley addressing the media today. Breathe. I don't think there's any huge announcement coming (it's happening between noon and 1 p.m.). In other words: He's not retiring ...

Players such as Scott Elarton, Jake Diekman, and Domonic Brown aren't the only ones whol have filtered into the minor league camp over the last few days. IronPigs manager Ryan Sandberg and hitting instructor Sal Rende recently made the walk over from Birghthou

Ryne Sandberg will finally get his first look at his Opening Day roster tonight. It should remind him a lot of his team that entered the 2012 season. The 2012 IronPigs don't appear to have the power punch that last year's team did. Entering last season Brandon

Sometime today the IronPigs prelliminary roster is expected to be announced. I say "preliminary" since their final roster won't be known until the Phillies set their roster, and with the Phillies opening later than usual this year, that presents complications.

Time to revisit a rank from early March ... On Saturday night, Jeremy Horst came in for Scott Elarton in the seventh and the IronPigs holding a 2-1 lead. Through no fault of his own (Scott Podsednik dropped a two-out fly ball in the outfield), Horst gave up the

It's been 15 years since Scott Elarton has thrown a pitch in anger this early in the day. He probably hopes it's the last time. Elarton brought the International League's second-lowest ERA into Wednesday's 10:30 a.m. start against Buffalo in the season's first

The IronPigs are still looking for their first starting pitcher to throw into the seventh inning. For a moment it appeared as if Scott Elarton would be the first when he finished the sixth inning wth 81 pitches and a 4-1 lead over Charlotte. No one was warming

People are starting to take notice of Scott Elarton. The veteran right-hander, Houston's 1994 first-round pick seeking a return to the majors after basically three years out of baseball, became the second IronPig to be named the International League pitcher of

Scott Elarton continues to pitch as though he's never been away.' The veteran right-hander, who had pitched just 19 innings over the last three seasons before attempting a comeback this season, twirled another six shutout innings to run his consecutive scorele

The injury bug that has devastated the Phillies clubhouse is apparently migrating North. With John Suomi still unavailable due to a hip flexor, IronPigs manager Ryne Sandberg also lost shortstop Andres Blanco, at least for Thursday night. Blanco "twisted his k

IronPigs manager Ryne Sandberg has been named to International League manager Mike Sarbauch's coaching staff for next month's Triple-A All-Star game in Buffalo while first baseman Cody Overbeck and starting pitcher Tyler Cloyd have taken over the lead at their

The IronPigs are getting home a day early, and an extra day off. Their game at Syracuse on Tuesday morning has been postponed by rain. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Sunday, July 29, at Alliance Bank Stadium beginning at 3 p.m. Wednesday

Andres Blanco is back in the IronPigs lineup after missing five games with a twisted knee suffered during infield practice on the last home stand. Blanco is hitting nine at shortstop. Also, Cody Overbeck has the day off. Kevin Frandsen will start at first. The

Jason Pridie is expected to return today after spending the last two days in Arizona for the birth of his first son, but the red-hot outfielder isn't in the line-up for tonight's series finale with Rochester. Pridie is hitting .370 (17-for-46) with nine extra-

Ryne Sandberg said the news on Cody Overbeck isn't as bad as it might have looked when he pulled into second base with a limp last night after his eighth-inning double. "It's more a muscle spasm or cramp than anything,' the IronPigs manager said before Wednesd